Clumsily, Naruto walked over the underbrush in the woods. His map has not diverted him from Sasuke yet, and was wondering what type of scavenger hunt keeps opposing teams together. Sasuke would have left Naruto behind, yet he could not run or jump into the trees, nature prohibited it. He was left to walk the grounds along Naruto; this was the worst idea that Ayame had. Just then two hands pushed him down on the ground. He twisted around to see Naruto on top of him.
"Get off!" Sasuke snarled throwing Naruto off of him.
"What no thank you Naruto for saving my life." Naruto dusted himself off and Sasuke looked over to see a huge boulder crashed into a tree. He glowered his eyes and continued to be walking. Naruto's flustered inside on how thankless Sasuke was, but continued to walk.
'I see, she was trying to get Naruto and I to be friends again,' Sasuke thought while watching where he was going. 'Well to bad, it is not going to work. I severed whatever relationship I had with these people over three years ago.' Crack, Sasuke heard glaring back at Naruto. As Naruto cringed and tip toed towards Sasuke, watching his step. "This place is rigged with traps watch were you're going, I won't be captured because some baka is to stupid to watch were he is going." Sasuke loudly said. Then the ground shook and five earth walls sealed them inside a cube. Sasuke lunged at the wall with Chidori and it reflected back, throwing Sasuke to the other side of the wall. Naruto ran towards the same spot with Rasengan and the same thing happened to him. He ended up on top of Sasuke, once again. Sasuke threw Naruto off and powered up to his curse seal stage, yet nothing happened, he could not use the curse seal. Naruto tried to use Kyuubi's chakra but it would not be released to him. Sasuke tried to use his Sharingan, but nothing happened. Annoyed, Sasuke sat far away from Naruto.
"Sasuke," Naruto said. Sasuke turned away from him ignoring him completely. Naruto came right up to him slapping Sasuke across the face.
Sasuke scowled at Naruto, "What the hell was that for you baka!"
"I got you to talk to me." Naruto smiled.
"Ugh." Sasuke sat back down with his arms crossed.
"Sasuke why won't you talk to me, it's been two months since we got to this place. Not one conversation has been spoken between us." Naruto whined
"Why would I waste my time, I'm only her to train." Sasuke answered.
"Why have you changed, what is this hatred coming from. You are no longer Sasuke." Naruto yelled and Sasuke refused to answer. "Well if you're not going to talk then neither am I. But I want you to know that Sakura and I have done nothing but train for the past three years in hopes of getting you to return to the village." Naruto turned around walking away.
"Why would I go to the useless place?" Sasuke stood up.
"Because, it is where all your friends are, you're home is there." He stopped and faced Sasuke.
"I have no home, anymore. It was destroyed."
"What! Everyone has a home; you're not the only one that had a bad past. And Konoha is not useless; it is a place where many people of good and bad pasts come together to protect something. They find something to live for-"
"I have something to live for and I'm no longer part of Konoha."
"Revenge is not life, you can not live if your whole life is placed around killing Itachi. What happens after you accomplish that? What will you do, what will you live for?" Naruto screamed and then the walls shook and Sakura and Sai appeared on the outside.
"We have to leave now, Ayame got kidnapped!" Sakura said.
"Ayame! What how!" Naruto jumped around Sakura screaming his head off.
"How can someone as powerful as her get kidnapped?" Sasuke pondered.
Ayame rubbed her head as she woke up trying to remember what happened. She went back to the house to get a refreshment and then three strange figures appeared before her and she blacked out. The drink must have been contaminated or something. She pushed off the animal skins that covered her body. Her vision, slowly, cleared up and before was Kabuto standing. His hair was let lose and covered one of his eyes.
"Kabuto, where am I?" Ayame asked grabbing his hand as he helped her up.
"You're at one of Orochimaru's hide outs."
"Orochimaru? I thought that he was dead?"
"Well a part of him is dead,"
"Can you help me out of here, I have to get back to Naruto and all of them." Ayame remembered that they would be waiting for her at the beach.
"I'm sorry, my love, but I can not do that." Kabuto kissed her check.
"What!" Ayame quickly grabbed her hand away and stepped back, falling onto the cot. "Kabuto what is going on?"
"You know for someone so brilliant and powerful, you sure are slow at getting things."
"Kabuto…" Ayame stared at him horrified. What is this side of him, he has never seemed so evil towards her. Why is he scaring her like this?
"You're pale, you need some sleep. I will see you tomorrow, love." Kabuto stroked her face before leaving her alone in a small room almost cell like.
Kakashi rushed to the village with Neji as soon as he heard the news. He knew that Akatsuki sought her after but he thought that Itachi would never let them take her. If Itachi deceived her, he would personally find a way to kill Itachi making him suffer a painful death. As he neared the village a loud scream rang throughout the surrounding forest. He quickly changed his direction heading towards the scream. Soon enough he came across Naruto clutching onto Sakura's leg. Sakura tried furiously to get him off her. Sasuke leaned against a tree ignoring the scene that was happening. Kakashi pulled Naruto off Sakura's leg but just as he was letting go Sakura gave Naruto one last shove, throwing Naruto into Sasuke.
They broke the tree at the bottom, Naruto landing on Sasuke. He growled and threw Naruto off of him. Naruto rubbed his bruises and immediately stood up yelling, "You didn't have to throw me off of you, Sasuke!"
"Watch where you're going next time," Sasuke stated. Naruto intended on lunging at Sasuke when he a hand grasp his shirt holding him back.
"Naruto, this is not the time for petty arguments!" Kakashi raised his voice and Naruto stopped in his tracks with a surprised expression plastered onto his face. He has never heard Kakashi yell like that. This was a serious matter, well sort of he was sure that Ayame could take care of herself; however, she was kidnapped and if it was by Akatsuki then she could die.
"Your right we have to find her," Naruto hung his head low disappointed in himself for being so juvenile in a time like this. Ayame would have kept calm and thought of a rescue plan already. Here he was getting all worked up over nothing. He felt like he was in someone else's shadow, instead of Sasuke it was now Ayame. How could he compete for Hokage with her, she will definitively be appointed before him. Naruto sagged his shoulders to a near by tree sitting up against it.
"Who could have taken her?" Sai asked.
"Akatsuki?" Sakura suggested
"Could be…wait a minute…Neji did not you say that you fought some people before arrive back at the beach?" Kakashi inquired.
"Yes, but I am guessing she was not at the beach when this happened. There were no other footprints besides hers and mine." Neji remembered.
"Then she might have gone back to her house and –" Kakashi dropped what he was saying and sprinted towards the house, everyone followed him. He stopped at her back porch looking at the door; indeed the hinges were forced off.
"What did the people look like Neji?" Sakura asked him following Kakashi into the house.
"Well I only fought one person and he seemed familiar. He has pale skin and silverfish hair, and oh yeah he had very pointy teeth." Neji mentally pictured the man and slowly began to realize where he saw him; "We fought him while Ayame was trying to bring Sasuke here?"
"Suigetsu, " Sasuke muttered, "You're dead."
"What was that Sasuke?" Sakura asked while looking for clues with Kakashi.
"Nothing," Sasuke glared at her before turning his head. He told them not to follow and now they have delayed his training, he will make them pay.
Kakashi continued to look around the living room when something glistening caught his eyed. Broken glass splattered along the kitchen floor catching glimpses of the suns rays. Kakashi ordered them to halt and for Sakura to follow him carefully. When they approached the glass, Kakashi bent down picking up a piece also dipping his fingers in a liquid of some sort. Sakura touched the liquid smelling it but it did not have a smell. In fact the liquid looked like water, however, it had a slight rubber feel to it. She tried to remember all the things that Tsunade taught her about medicines and poisons.
"Kakashi, she was drugged," Sakura whispered towards him.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, this drug is extremely hard to make. It suppresses the drinkers chakra and forces them into unconsciousness for a certain about of time." Sakura's eyes narrowed as she thought of the severity of this. "There are only two people who come to mind that are skillful enough to make something like that Tsunade and…"
"Kabuto," Kakashi finished.
A robed figure watching from the outside vanished as Kakashi stared where he use to be. Kakashi did not like this feeling; he knew that the chances of Kabuto hurting Ayame were slim. Still there was a chance and Kabuto was one to change personality quickly.